Communication Assistant

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Mission and objectives

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2018-2021), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. UNFPA’s programmes work to ensure that women, adolescents, young people and marginalized populations, including Persons with Disabilities (PWD), are empowered to make decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health and rights and able to live free of discrimination and violence.

Context

The communications assistant will substantively contribute to development and implementation of the country office advocacy and communication strategy through scanning overall political and communication environment of the country, and making the country programme results visible, tailored to the context of the country.

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Communications Analyst or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV Communication Assistant will: - Supports the development and implementation of the Country Office’s Advocacy and Communications Strategy, by compiling and analyzing information, receiving inputs from CO’s staff and partners, and drafts the document; - Contributing to CO Management Plan, Resource Mobilization strategy, development and implementation, monitoring and reporting in the area of advocacy/communications and resource mobilization and manage CO Programme Coordination Assistance Project; - Planning and supporting logistical preparations, including necessary financial arrangements in connection with relevant UN or other International Days, UNFPA events and national, regional and global campaigns; and assisting with organizing various visits including that of UNFPA celebrity spokespersons - Support preparation of press releases, articles and human interest stories in Farsi and English - Support preparation of daily media scans, media briefs, fact sheets, donor reports and various other reports - Monitoring implementation of the country office’s advocacy and communications activities, establishing and implementing mechanisms to systematically assess the achievement of results, conducting field visits, participating in review meetings and evaluation missions and preparing regular inputs to status and progress reports. - Maintains promotional tools and items as well as information - Contributing to the creation and sharing of knowledge by synthesizing and documenting findings and lessons learned, success stories and best practices, strategies and approaches of the CO, and drafting relevant materials for dissemination; - Acting as a resource person on communication/advocacy, including UNFPA publications and knowledge sharing and related tasks in relation to both HQ/RO and UN sister agencies - Develops and maintains excellent working relations with UNFPA Implementing Partners, as well as UNFPA and CO staff.